Retirement visa in Thailand
Retirement visa in Thailand financial requirement It is often noticed by the Thai Immigration that people applying for the first time or repeat applications for a retirement visa in Thailand are still making mistakes. If you are working with the 800,000 Thai baht only...
Why use a visa agent?
Why use a visa agent? for a visa to Ireland With our 13 years of experience dealing with visa applications to Ireland we are well aware of the importance of getting the documents from the sponsor and the Thai national totally correct because one mistake the...
Thai visa questions answered
Visa questions answered Passport palaver Q, Myself and my wife and Thai daughter have just returned from the British Embassy we tried to apply for a British Passport for our daughter but they would not accept a copy of my birth certificate they required the...
Make sure you have 1 year validity left on your passport
It was brought to my attention from a few clients over the past couple of weeks that any passports do not have 1 years validity left on them then the Thai Immigration will not renew their long stay visa, retirement visa, marriage visa etc to stay in Thailand until a...
Why do Non Immigrant O type visas seem to be more difficult to obtain at overseas consulates?
More difficult is not the correct words in my opinion. The Thai Consulates overseas in most countries have just enforced the original laws and procedures making it seem more difficult. The Non Immigrant O Type visa was previously issued to applicants that are married...
I am a British National and I require an income verification letter for my long stay visa, what should i do?
You can apply to the British Embassy via the postal service and for an extra fee, the British Embassy will post back to you in Thailand. The alternative is that you can use the services of Key Visa who have been obtaining income verification letters for British...
My visa expired because I was looking at the date of my 90 day report – What should I do?
This is an alarming occurrence at the moment. We have seen numerous cases were the client has presumed that their visa finish date was not the ink stamp in their passport, but was the 90 day report date. Please be aware that your 90 day report date does not always run...
I have just returned from the Cambodia on a standard visa run and have received only 15 days renewal?
This is not a mistake this is a new visa rule recently enforced. If you enter Thailand on a {VOA} which is a 30 day free visa on arrival and you wish to go on a Cambodian visa run or cross a border via land, you will now only receive 15 days when you re-enter. If you...
I have a 30 day visa but want to stay 50 days – What is the process?
The easiest solution is to go on a Cambodian visa run which shall give you 30 days more. It is important that you have a visa run agent check your passport before you book a visa run to make sure you are eligible for the 30 days. In most of the articles I write I try...
I have a 60 day single entry tourist visa – If I go to Cambodia for a trip, will the 60 days still be available?
If you leave Thailand for a holiday and then return you shall loose your 60 day tourist visa and be given a 30 day visa on arrival which you can only be extended for a further 7 days. If you wish to protect your 60 day tourist visa you can go to your local immigration...
I have a multiple entry non-immigrant O visa – Do i just need to report every 90 days?
This is one of the most common questions I am asked. A non-immigrant multiple entry visa issued by a Thai consulate outside of Thailand means that for the duration of the one year visa you must cross a border every 90 days. The most common way is to go on a Cambodian...
My child has been given a 1 year ED visa, but mine is about to expire. Is there anything I can do to stay?
The answer is yes. Because your foreign child is your dependent, and the child is in full time education in Thailand, you can “piggy back” on your child’s visa, converting your current non-immigrant visa to match your child’s long stay visa. please note that the...
Can you please tell us what extensions are available at the immigration office on the three major visas as everybody has different answers?
Here we go, a non-immigrant 90 day visa, extension only 7 days, a 30 day visa on arrival, extension only 7 days, a 60 day tourist visa, extension 30 days and then a further 7 days if required.
I have just returned from the Immigration office, I was applying for a married to a Thai national visa, they said because I married my Thai wife in Canada I had to get the marriage certificate notarized at my Embassy and then take it to the ministry of foreign affairs in Bangkok to be certified, is his correct?
It is rare but seems to be the case, for a married to a Thai national one year visa extension if you have married your Thai wife in your own country you have to get it notarized by your Embassy to obviously confirm that it is genuine and then you have to go to the...
I arrived in Thailand in January 2008 and I have a Non-immigrant visa multiple entry 1 year which does not expire until December 2008 I have just checked my passport and I have a visa stamp for 90 days but the consulate in my own country said I could stay in Thailand for 1 year!! What does this mean I am worried?
Unfortunately I have seen this on numerous occasions, a Non-immigrant visa multiple entry is normally a 1 year visa and obtained in your own country from a Thai consulate before you arrive but the immigration law states you have to leave Thailand every 90 days via the...
I currently have a retirement visa and in one week I have to renew but I have only six month validity left on my passport and I am worried about losing my visa, what can I do?
Don’t worry this is a common occurrence, take your documents to the immigration office and apply as you normally would they will issue you with the retirement visa but it will only run to the finish date of your passport, the Immigration officer will write underneath...
I have a non-immigrant o type visa one year multiple entries issued from a Thai consulate in the U.K. I presumed I only had to go to a Thai Immigration office every 90 days and report were I was residing, but a close friend told me I have to leave every 90 days can you confirm this?
This is one of the most common questions I am asked, your friend is correct a non-immigrant visa multiple entry issued by a Thai consulate outside of Thailand means that for the duration of the one year visa you must cross a border every 90 days, the most common way...
Can you please tell us what extensions are available at the immigration office on the three major visas as everybody has different answers?
Here we go, a non-immigrant 90 day visa, extension only 7 days, a 30 day visa on arrival, extension only 7 days, a 60 day tourist visa, extension 30 days and then a further 7 days if required.